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030405 145612433 viewsWarramboo, track view across to loading ramp located at the northern end of the sidings, 5th April 2003.
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030407 114338433 viewsPoochera, empty grain train arrives behind a trio of former Australian National Co-Co locomotives with rebuilt former AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class ex 839, serial no. 83730, rebuilt by Port Augusta Workshops to DA class, DA 4 leading two AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class units 842, serial no. 84140 and 851 serial no. 84137, 851 having been on the Eyre Peninsula since delivered in 1962, to shunt off empty waggons and pick up the loaded ones. 7th April 2003.
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030407 120514433 viewsPoochera, the loaded train prepares to depart behind 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, 851 has spent its entire operating career on the Eyre Peninsula, it leads fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt unit DA 4, rebuilt from 830 class unit 839 by Port Augusta Workshops, retains original serial 83730 and model DL531.
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030409 112310433 viewsDarke Peake, yard view looking south with grain loading spouts and silos on the goods and grain loop at left, mainline on the right.
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030409 125154433 viewsRudall, station overview of yard looking north from the south end, points to the right for the goods and grain siding, the former station loop, now stub siding on the left, crew barracks and station building further on can be made out, horizontal grain bunker on the right with concrete silo complexes behind.
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030411 141109433 viewsNunjikompita, aboriginal word for 'burnt hair', located 357.6 km, terminus of line from 14th August 1914 until Thevenard extension opened on the 8th of February 1915, yard overview looking east from the western end of the yard. Concrete silo block 3 is closet to camera.
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130706 0679433 viewsPort Lincoln, looking at the port and foreshore.
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060110 2192433 viewsYeelanna, the second person watches ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 as it shunts forward to cut out the empty cars for the siding. Approx. location of image.
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030415 141541433 viewsKingoonya, located at the 426.5 km on the Trans Australian Railway, looking south with cattle yards and loading race, power station, standpipe and tanks stand all in the distance, loading ramp on the right. GeoData location.
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030415 154528433 viewsTarcoola, at the 504.5 km, looking west along loop line, the eastern leg of the triangle running to the left, middle road is the Trans Australian Railway line while the right is the Central Australian Railway line. Tarcoola is the junction for the TAR and CAR railways situated 504 km from the 0 km datum at Coonamia. GeoData location. 15th April 2003.
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030406 094438432 viewsCummins, yard view looking south along the mainline with the points, lever and indicator for the grain siding, then the same for the goods loading ramp, the Buckleboo line - siding is on the left. 6th April 2003.
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060111 2261432 viewsTooligie, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004 and its grain train. 11th January 2006.
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060113 2503432 viewsKevin, view looking from the Penong end of Kevin with the goods siding points and indicator besides narrow gauge loco 1604 as it leads NJ 3 and 1601 with empty train 6DD3 as they reverse around the triangle to position the train for loading back on the mainline to Thevenard. 13th January 2006.
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130705 0511432 viewsLock, grain train loading in progress with the Viterra fast flow auger in the distance, the train with 1203, 846 and 859 is about to split and shunt half the consist onto the mainline. 5th of July 2013.
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161109 1891432 viewsMoule, train 4DD4 rumbles along the mainline behind Genesee & Wyoming locomotives Clyde Engineering EMD model JL22C units 1601 serial 71-728 and 1603 serial 71-730 and a pair of AE Goodwin ALCo model DE531 units 859 serial 84705 and 850 serial 84136 with 62 loaded waggons.
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161109 1906432 viewsMoule, originally Kinki Sharyo built NHA type NHA 977 for the NAR in 1968, to EP Division 1978, rebuilt with extended sides for gypsum traffic and recoded to ENHA type leader ENHA 1 in 1984. Having been refurbished and decked out in current owner Genesee & Wyoming orange loaded with gypsum.
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161109 1963432 viewsThevenard, train 4DD4 enters the yard behind Genesee & Wyoming locomotives Clyde Engineering EMD model JL22C unit 1601 serial 71-728 and 1603 serial 71-730 as they negotiate the yard to the GRA siding balloon for unloading.
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030404 125349432 viewsPort Augusta Spencer Junction yard, a Perth bound intermodal awaits departure time on 13 Road behind National Rail NR class units built by Goninan as GE Cv40-9i models, NR 50 serial 7250-08 / 97-252. 4th April 2003.
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216-25431 viewsMoomba, view of surrounding sand hills
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030406 094331431 viewsCummins, yard view looking south along the grain siding with the points, lever and indicator for the goods loading ramp siding, formation of former triangle can be seen as the mound curving away to the right. 6th April 2003.
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